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Bathurst 1000 schedule set

start of 2022 Bathurst 1000

By Thomas Miles

The schedule for the 60th anniversary Bathurst 1000 is set with the 2023 edition of the Great Race to begin at 11.15 AEST.

The Sunday morning start time is unchanged from last year’s race, while 11.15 was also the moment lights went out from 2016-2018.

The Great Race traditionally started at 10.00 local time from 1979 to 2006 before it went half an hour later in 2007 when Channel 7 took over broadcast rights from Channel 10.

The latest Bathurst start time is 12.15 when the 2021 was the first and only Great Race to start in the afternoon.

In addition to the Bathurst 1000 start time, the entire schedule has been confirmed. All up Supercars will hit the track in 10 separate sessions across the four day event between Thursday, October 5 and Sunday, October 8.

There will be six practice sessions spread from Thursday to Saturday with two of them featuring co-drivers only.

Things get serious at 16.15 on Friday afternoon with a 40-minute qualifying session where the top 10 get the mountain all to themselves in the famous one-lap shootout which fires up at 17.05 Saturday evening.

On Bathurst Day fans will be woken up as early as 07.25 when the V8 SuperUtes hit the track, while Supercars complete a Warm Up at 08.00.

Toyota 86 Series and Porsche Carrera Cup races will help pass the time before the 60th anniversary Bathurst 1000 begins at 11.15.

In addition to Supercars there will be five separate support categories entertaining the fans.

Ending a Great Race absence of the best part of three decades will be the Precision National Sports Sedans.

The sight of a host of fast, powerful and loud cars such as Jordan Caruso’s Audi and Tony Ricciardello’s Alfa Romeo screaming up Mount Panorama across three races will be a sight to behold.

It will be a big round in the Dunlop Series being one the penultimate round of the development series.

Their usual two 45-minute race format will remain in play with many of the leading Super2 drivers also having a crack at the big one.

The Toyota 86 Series makes its annual trek to Mount Panorama for three six-lap races.

Also enjoying a trio of sprints around Bathurst is the Porsche Carrera Cup Series, which will host round six of its season.

The V8 SuperUtes also have a busy schedule which includes four races across the weekend.

Off the track the annual Pirtek Pit Stop Challenge will be decided at 11.50 on Thursday.

2023 Bathurst 1000 schedule (all times AEST)

Thursday, October 5

Time Category Session
0725-0745 Sport Sedans Practice 1
0755-0815 V8 SuperUtes Practice
0825-0845 Toyota 86 Practice 1
0855-0945 Porsche Carrera Cup Practice
1000-1040 Dunlop Series Practice 1
1055-1115 Sport Sedans Practice 2
1125-1145 V8 SuperUtes Qualifying
1245-1305 Toyota 86 Practice 2
1320-1420 Supercars Practice 1 (All Drivers)
1450-1530 Dunlop Series Practice 2
1545-1605 Porsche Carrera Cup Qualifying
1615-1635 Sport Sedans Qualifying
1650-1750 Supercars Practice 2 (Co-Drivers)

Friday, October 6

Time Category Session
0725-0745 Toyota 86 Qualifying
0755-0815 Sport Sedans Race 1 (6 laps)
0825-0845 V8 SuperUtes Race 1 (6 laps)
0855-0910 Dunlop Series DS3 Qualifying
0920-0935 Dunlop Series DS2 Qualifying
1000-1100 Supercars Practice 3 (All Drivers)
1115-1135 Sport Sedans Race 1 (6 laps)
1235-1255 Toyota 86 Race 1 (6 laps)
1305-1405 Supercars Practice 4 (All Drivers)
1420-1500 Porsche Carrera Cup Race 1 (15 laps)
1515-1600 Dunlop Series Race 1
1615-1655 Supercars Qualifying

Saturday, October 7

Time Category Session
0815-0840 V8 SuperUtes Race 2 (8 laps)
0855-0910 Dunlop Series DS3 Qualifying
0920-0935 Dunlop Series DS2 Qualifying
1000-1100 Supercars Practice 5 (Co-Drivers)
1115-1135 Sport Sedans Race 3 (6 laps)
1300-1400 Supercars Practice 6 (All Drivers)
1415-1435 V8 SuperUtes Race 2 (6 laps)
1445-1505 Toyota 86 Race 2 (6 laps)
1515-1540 Porsche Carrera Cup Race 2 (9 laps)
1555-1640 Dunlop Series Race 2
1705-1750 Supercars Top Ten Shootout

Sunday, October 8

Time Category Session
0725-0745 V8 SuperUtes Race 4 (6 laps)
0800-0820 Supercars Warm Up
0830-0850 Toyota 86 Race 3 (6 laps)
0900-0920 Supercars Drivers Parade
0930-0955 Porsche Carrera Cup Race 3 (9 laps)
1005-1025 Events Legends Parade
1115 Supercars Race 24 (161 laps)

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